PLEDGE A #NOFOODWASTE NOVEMBER!
About 1/3 of all food produced worldwide goes to waste — and we want to change that!
Did you use your leftovers, take home a doggy bag, bring extra food to a pantry, or simply compost your scraps?
Join Foodstand and our partners in pledging a #NoFoodWaste November. Learn how and share your good food deeds with #NoFoodWaste to win prizes. This week - win prizes from Dig Inn and Farm to People!
1. Join the Foodstand Community via our iPhone app.
2. Post as many photos as you like of your good no-food-waste deeds, and apply #NoFoodWaste.
3. Challenge your friends to a #NoFoodWaste November! We will curate some of the best posts to highlight with our partners.
Foodstanders say No. Food. Waste.
Dr. Robert Lustig's Sugar: The Bitter Truth
youtube.com

Dr. Lustig digs into sugar, juice, fructose, and the effects they have on the body. This one has been around for a while, and it's worth the hour and a half to watch.
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sugardetoxme This was a great video
Honeybee hive collapse mystery rooted in hive size
sciencedaily.com

I haven't seen work done on critical give size, so even though this doesn't address the decline of bees, it helps us understand what the critical point is where there will be collapse...
"Scienti...
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lauren I watched a ton of bee documentaries over the summer... I'd never heard anything about size either!
Raw Cacao Powder for the win! Chocolate Cherry Bomb Smoothie. Raw, organic cocoa is anti-oxidant rich, and when combined with dates for fibre and minerals and kefir for probiotics, and it's a yummy...
thelemonapron.com

"Smoothies are more of a experiment than a recipe for me. Sometimes they work, and I try to remember what I did; other times I cringe with the first sip, and try to forget what I did! Us…"
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DietID_TeamDietitians @vanisha - add raw cacao to your shopping list and then you can have dessert every day =)
Attempted cauliflower pizza today...

With @jacmix! I think the absurd amount of cheese took away from any health benefits of cauliflower.
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DietID_TeamDietitians Omg I've been wanting to try. Any tips?
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lauren The bottom of ours got a little burnt/stuck to the pan so we had to scrape it off (wasn't as glamorous as eating a normal pizza slice)... Not sure what the fix is but it definitely isn't to use...
Gorgeous pears at the farmers market this weekend! What did you pick up? #localeatsproject
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"“Gorgeous pears at the farmers market this past weekend. What local food did you pick up?? #localeatsproject”"
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rachel I got some sweet potatoes, ready to be roasted!
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darkchocolatepeanutbutter I miss pears! Will definitely be hunting from some at Union Square.
Would you get a fancy lunchbox with app?
indiegogo.com

This company just raised $1.5 mm on Indiegogo and wondering what you think of it.
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Ricky Seems to me that the dream/sell is that you spend a bunch of money on tupperware so that you feel obligated to organize and plan your meals. So kind of like the gym membership philosophy? Looks...
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lauren They lost me at "Instagram-friendly lunches"
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sugardetoxme I just want to see vintage tin lunch boxes make a comeback
Eat less meat if we want to reach climate targets
sciencedaily.com

More research points to the environmental benefit of eating more plants.
"Unless greenhouse gas emissions from food consumption are reduced substantially, EU climate targets will not be met, a...
culinary playground! beautiful day for restaurant supply shopping on delancey. 😍
38 Delancey St.

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DietID_TeamDietitians Wish I had all of these in my house
Tilit + the Bad Bitches apron survey, 86 pancake boob!
surveymonkey.com

Join our efforts to put pancake boob on the breakfast menu for good and define a natural waist while rocking an apron. We are teaming up with Tilit to create a Bad Bitches apron for all you ladies...
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DietID_TeamDietitians My big apron pet peeve is that the tie never stays tied. I'd love it if you could have a little elastic tie + clasp or something more secure and not constricting, and also the right height for...
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SarahAdams Im with you! I thought it would be great to see if we could make an adjustable clasp in the waist to define a higher waist line.
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DietID_TeamDietitians Yes exactly! also now that I think about it, it think some sort of cinching would be nice too. Somehow I feel like aprons are meant for people with perfectly flat tummies. I don't have one of those...
Aphid vs. Lacewing larvae

This is a close-up shot of my lacewing larvae munching on a pesky aphid that has been hanging out on my potato plant in my closet garden. Let the experiments begin! #gardeningtip
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Ricky This is why we handle the packages that arrive on your desk very carefully. 🐛
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mirasingh Wow! I had aphids on my strawberry plant and just watched it get totally devoured 😥
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sugardetoxme Haha @ricky
To participate
- Download the Foodstand iPhone Application.
- Between 10AM EST on Monday, November 2, 2015 and 11:59 PM EST on Monday, November 30, 2015 (the Sweepstakes Period), using the Foodstand iPhone Application, any posts that include “#NoFoodWaste” in the description either by manually typing in the phrase or by adding it using the “#NoFoodWaste button during the Sweepstakes Period will be counted as an entry.
- A random drawing will be held from all eligible entries (posts containing #NoFoodWaste in the description) received during the Sweepstakes Period, on or about Tuesday, December 1, 2015, by Foodstand, whose decisions concerning all matters related to this sweepstakes are final.
- Each week, we will choose two winners. One winner will be from the New York, Metropolitan area, and will receive two meal tokens from Dig Inn (diginn.com) restaurant. A second winner will be chosen from a non-New York metropolitan area, and will receive a Tasting Box from Farm to People (farmtopeople.com) The prize will be delivered by mail after the winner is announced and the winner has provided a mailing address to receive the prize.
Details:
- Each #NoFoodWaste post (also known as an entry) must be fully completed; mechanically reproduced; incomplete and/or illegible entries will not be accepted. In case of dispute with respect to entries, entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet Access Provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
- Entries become property of Foodstand and may be shared with partners of Foodstand. Automated entries are prohibited, and any use of such automated devices will cause disqualification. Foodstand and its advertising and promotions agencies are not responsible for lost, late, illegible, misdirected or stolen entries or transmissions, or problems of any kind whether mechanical, human or electronic.
- Notice to Winners: Winner will be notified by e-mail. Winner may be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and publicity/liability release within fifteen (15) days of notification attempt or prize may be awarded to alternate winner. Return of any prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and alternate winner will be selected. If a winner is a minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence, prize will be awarded to minor's parent or legal guardian, who must follow all prize claim procedures specified herein and sign and return all required documents.
- Prize: Four (4) winners will be chosen from the New York metropolitan area. These winners will each receive two (2) tokens, each good for one (1) meal at any Dig Inn restaurant location. Prize will be mailed to winner. Four (4) additional winners will each receive one (1) Tasting Box Subscription from Farm to People (Farmtopeople.com). Prize will be delivered by mail.
- Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received. If any prize is won by a minor, it will be awarded in the name of minor's parent or legal guardian. Each entrant selected as a potential winner must comply with all terms and conditions set forth in these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all such requirements. Foodstand makes no warranties with regard to the prize. Prize is not transferable. No substitutions of prize allowed by winner, but Foodstand reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. Prize is not redeemable by winner for cash value. All taxes, fees and surcharges on prize are the sole responsibility of winner.
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